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  By: Shelley Littin Jul 05, 2018

  Despite agreeing with the yogic lifestyle values emphasized at this school, I was deeply unsettled by religious zealousness, use of the yamas as coercive mechanisms to persuade students that any disagreement with the teacher would be unrighteous, and apparent contradictions in teaching values: the ideals of acceptance and compassion were verbally expressed, yet myself and my classmates were shamed for not participating in ritualistic chanting, criticized for different personal values and for our sexuality, and threatened with negative karmic consequences for sharing our experiences in the class with others. I hope that the disconnect between the goals of this school and the teaching behavior that is so off-putting for some students can be resolved in the future.

  Learning Objectives

  Average 3 = Somewhat

  Everyday People Yoga’s 200-hour teacher training prepares its trainees to begin teaching the principles and techniques of yoga safely and competently.

  Somewhat

  General Comments

  Despite agreeing with the yogic lifestyle values emphasized at this school, I was deeply unsettled by religious zealousness, use of the yamas as coercive mechanisms to persuade students that any disagreement with the teacher would be unrighteous, and apparent contradictions in teaching values: the ideals of acceptance and compassion were verbally expressed, yet myself and my classmates were shamed for not participating in ritualistic chanting, criticized for different personal values and for our sexuality, and threatened with negative karmic consequences for sharing our experiences in the class with others. I hope that the disconnect between the goals of this school and the teaching behavior that is so off-putting for some students can be resolved in the future.

  School response

  Everyday People Yoga

  Jul 09, 2018

  Hi Shelley, Thank you for sharing your sentiments. I'm sorry you felt unsettled during your training. Though we haven't yet received this type of feedback from any of our students, still I wish to honor your unique expression of truth. Rather than dispute your perspective, I would rather let the studio; the energy of the space and all the wonderful students that are attracted to it, and all the gifted teachers, speak for themselves. I will again share my final comments in the write-ups you submitted for certification a few weeks ago: "I'm truly grateful to have shared space with you during this year's YTT. You are very intelligent, thoughtful, grounded, sincere, well-spoken, and considerate of others. I also appreciated your feedback during the training. You are gifted in many ways, and have tremendous potential as a yoga teacher. I think that countless people can, and will benefit from your presence in the years to come. Keep working at it, and applying your skills, and you will certainly succeed in any field to which you apply yourself." I wish you health, happiness, and harmony, and much success in your future endeavors in yoga and life. All my love, ~phoenix